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It's April 24th and got 4 gourds up on the pole but no dawn song played. Have been dealing with lot of anxiety the past 2 mths which has left me trying to cope and do the bare minimum in many cases. That an work as been a female dog with alot if ticky tack projects too. Hopeful though that just mayb...

Forgot my username had a "s" on the darn end was trying forever to login. Anyhow ... In CT and didn't out the gouges up yet maybe thought was little early or to cold am I getting close to missing out? This will be year 3 trying.

Thanks in advance.

No these had no white on them, very dark bodies and seemed rather larger then tree swallows I've seen around for years.

Was mowing the lawn and two seemingly large shallows came for the dragonflies out now. One was total dark and the other was dark with a brown chest. I'm so hoping I've been found my site for next year !!!

5/24 and nothing

Man now it just sucks . I see sub adults listed on the scout tracker and I may have seen one ?// but they're to damn fast and they arent labelled. Still got my fingers crossed and I'll freak out if they come !!!

CTMartins, please don't get discouraged. There are a lot of SY martins that have not returned yet. I had my first SY martin show up on May 11th, and I am about 2 weeks ahead of your area on the migration range. Your "sweet spot" for attracting SY martins should be around end of May till m...

CTMartins, please don't get discouraged. There are a lot of SY martins that have not returned yet. I had my first SY martin show up on May 11th, and I am about 2 weeks ahead of your area on the migration range. Your "sweet spot" for attracting SY martins should be around end of May till m...

Time is fleeting this season isnt it ?? :( I still see sub adult sightings but nothing here.

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Wed May 10, 2023 2:22 pm

yes sir...We're all rooting for you. Any visitors or fly by's?

I dunno, I stare at it only most of the day and when I do I see lotta starling and sparrows flying by. There's a group of tree shallows here in the neighborhood. I have seen a gliding bird but it's obv to fast to get a good id.

I'm a dot stalker too. There's a 12 step program somewhere on this site for us. You're doing it right and keep at it. If your site is good they will find you. I've tried getting others here to give their extra birds directions to my house but that and even posting my site on apartments.com isnt work...

I hope i can post it's filled soon

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SO JEALOUS !!! I keep seeing glider type birds around and flew my song magnet up the post this weekend.

Yippy !!!

Thanks for all the thoughtful responses Miller Brothers. It didnt occur to me to HANG the song magnet from the rack !!! I think I have several sparrows nesting in my solar array they tried checking out availability today too

I opened em and Sparrows nested within days :(

Can one not keep a bin of mealworms and put em on a tray?